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  2. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (veterinary medicine)

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    Junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB) is an inherited disorder that is also known as red foot disease or hairless foal syndrome. [1] JEB is the result of a genetic mutation that inhibits protein production that is essential for skin adhesion. [2] Therefore, tissues, such as skin and mouth epithelia, are affected. [3]

  3. Rain scald - Wikipedia

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    Rain scald (also known as dermatophilosis, tufailosis, rain rot or streptothricosis [1]) is a dermatological disease affecting cattle and horses. Once in the skin, the bacterium Dermatophilus congolensis causes inflammation of the skin as well as the appearance of scabs and lesions.

  4. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    Horse chestnut: conker tree, conker Aesculus hippocastanum: Liver toxicity, allergic reaction, anaphylaxis [3] Kava: awa, kava-kava [4] Piper methysticum: Potentiates CNS sedatives, [3] chronic use might cause a reversible dry skin condition. [18] Khat: qat Catha edulis: Chronic liver dysfunction [3] [19] Kratom: Mitragyna speciosa ...

  5. Gelatin - Wikipedia

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    Gelatin is a collection of peptides and proteins produced by partial hydrolysis of collagen extracted from the skin, bones, and connective tissues of animals such as domesticated cattle, chicken, pigs, and fish. During hydrolysis, some of the bonds between and within component proteins are broken.

  6. Hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia - Wikipedia

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    The skin is loose, and hyper-elastic in affected horses. This collagen based abnormality affects their heart valves too and their mechanical properties are found to be inferior to native horses. [2] Symptoms typically don’t appear until the horse is subjected to pressure or injury on their back, neck or hips, usually around two years of age.

  7. Toxic epidermal necrolysis - Wikipedia

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    Loss of the skin leaves patients vulnerable to infections from fungi and bacteria, and can result in sepsis, the leading cause of death in the disease. [13] Death is caused either by infection or by respiratory distress which is either due to pneumonia or damage to the linings of the airway.

  8. Seven horses die at Los Alamitos amid a viral disease ... - AOL

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    Three horses survive, for now. Trainer Heath Taylor has had to euthanize seven horses after an outbreak of EIA at his Los Alamitos barn. Three horses survive, for now.

  9. Sweet itch - Wikipedia

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    Ventral midline symptoms may also occur. Lesions around the ears and head are also common. These lesions are characterised by intense pruritus (itching), which results in rubbing and considerable self-trauma. This damage is caused by the horse violently rubbing itself against objects, and causes: broken hairs; broken and sometimes bleeding skin